August 3, 200421 yr The Dodgers' trade-deadline additions had barely donned their new uniforms when the team was given a painful reminder of what had been subtracted. The Dodgers took a one-run lead into the eighth inning Saturday night at Petco Park. With Guillermo Mota as the primary setup man setting the stage for closer Eric Gagne, the Dodgers were 45-0 this season when leading after seven innings. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/9293492 I know he was paired up with Gagne but those are immortal stats. So that means he never gave up enough runs to blow the lead to lose the game. If we had Mota from the beggining of the season we would prob be at least 10 games over .500. Can anyone find out how many games we lost after leading after 7 innings?
August 3, 200421 yr I've said it many a time before, I'll reiterate. Without Guillermo Mota, Eric Gagne does not save 84 straight. Behind GREAT GREAT Closers are GREAT GREAT GREAT Setup men who can put out some of the fires for him. Makes you appreciate what Benitez has done this year essentially by himself all that much more.
August 3, 200421 yr Author Armando has only blown 3 saves this season. If Mota were paired up with Armando in LA, they would be 42-3 together. In fact, Gagne has 28 saves and Armando has 33 so these Benitez/Mota numbers are realistic.
August 3, 200421 yr The Eck had Honeycutt. the setup man has long been the most underappreciated role in baseball. at least post-modern baseball.
August 3, 200421 yr even more devastating: he'll be facing hitters who have seen less of him than the ones he's been facing
August 3, 200421 yr I believe with Mota, we can do alot better, so do a ton other people i believe Little off-topic, but for me in MLB 2005, he was awesome first 5 games he was actually the closer, and saved all 5
August 3, 200421 yr No one doubts how great Mota is 490667[/snapback] 'Cept for LeBatard :lol 490789[/snapback] LeBatard never bad mouthed Mota.
August 3, 200421 yr i wonder what are record is when leading after 7 innings :plain 490805[/snapback] 40-4 As of July 18th. That's with a AAAA staff pitching the 8th, and sometimes 9th inning.
August 3, 200421 yr FARMER FRAN DO YOU EVEN LIKE THE MARLINS? i have looked at almost everyone of your post in the past 2 weeks and there hasnt been one Positive post about the Marlins yet .
August 3, 200421 yr i wonder what are record is when leading after 7 innings :plain 490805[/snapback] 40-4 As of July 18th. That's with a AAAA staff pitching the 8th, and sometimes 9th inning. 491415[/snapback] ....and 2 of those 4 were blown by Armando I believe. that's not to say the pen didn't need help, they clearly do. but the pen has not blown a bunch of leads late in games. what happens a lot more often is that they fail to keep the game close when the marlins are trailing by a run or two, so that the team has no chance to come back in the late innings. but in these cases how often will we see Mota & Mando anyway? the coaches tend to use these guys to close out wins, not keep it close during losses. i like the fact that Mota seems to be able to handle a lot of innings, hopefully Jack will be more apt to use him even when the Fish are trailing by a run or two for example....
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